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ſunt oſſa brachiorum groſſa et dura et medulla plena. Ex parte ꝟo exteriori nō nimium ſūt carnoſa vt oſſibꝰ ⁊ neruis cōpactaeſſent fortiora. ¶ Itē in cute muſculis ⁊ lacertis ſunt intermixta. vn̄ in brachijs maxima ē hominis fortitudo. Psͣ. xvij. Poſuiſti vt arcū ereū brachia mea. Sic illi quiſunt in poteſtate tēporali vel ſpūali cōſtituti: debēt cū ſuis ſuperioribꝰ ⁊ maioribus .ſ.cū deo ⁊ hominibus eſſe per obedientiā etbeniuolentiā fortiter colligati ¶ Itē interius in ſeipſis groſſis oſſibꝰ .i. magnis virtutibꝰ fulciti. exteriꝰ parū carnoſi .i. nō delitioſi vl̓ voluptuoſi. muſculis ſiue lacertiſi. ſollicitudinibꝰ ſemꝑ ad bene oꝑādū mouentibꝰ intermixti. Et quādo iſti ſic ſe habuerint vt brachia erūt fortiſſimi. De tali enim brachio dici poteſt: Fecit potentiāin brachio ſuo ⁊cͣ. Luc̄. j. Sexto videmꝰ ꝙbrachia ſūt valde vtilia. valent eī brachiaad eleuandū: ad portandū: ad ſtringēdū ⁊ad repellendū: ad impugnādū ⁊ ad operādū. Sic illi qͥ ſūt domini ⁊ in poteſtate cōſtituti debēt leuare hūiles: portar debileſ:ſtringere .i. amplecti vtiles: repellere nocētes: impugnare hoſtes: ⁊ bene oꝑari ī omnes: Grego ¶ Poteſtas cū habet̉ cogitādaeſt ad vtilitatē: quatenꝰ is qui vtit̉ vt prodeſſe debeat: poſſe ſe ſciat. Tertio videmꝰꝙ brachia ſunt valde flexibilia. Sūt enimbrachia flexibilia in tribus iuncturis. ſcilicet circa armū: circa cubitū ⁊ circa manū.Similiter illi qui ſunt in poteſtate cōſtituti debent eſſe flexibiles circa armos .i. circaſuperiores per obedientiā ⁊ humilitatem.¶ Item circa cubitos .i. circa medios ꝑ beniuolentiā ⁊ affabilitatē. circa manꝰ .i. circa infimos per ſubuentionem ⁊ pietatem.¶ Quarto videmꝰ ꝙ brachia ſūt valde cōpaſſibilia. Nā qꝛ a capite beneficiū ſenſus⁊ motus recipiūt: ingrata nō ſūt ſed ꝓ ip̄ocapite defendendo cōtra ictus feriētiū llberaliter ſe exponūt. Itē pͥncipes debēt eſſe grati capiti noſtro: id eſt xp̄o a quo hn̄t⁊ ſenſū diſcretiōis ⁊ motū boni oꝑis. Et iōꝓ fidei ſue ſcū eccleſie eius defenſione debent ipſi cū neceſſarium eſſet perſonas fuas exponere. Item intantū compatiunturbrachia alijs mēbris ꝙ ꝓ eis ſepe in minutionibꝰ vulnerātur vt illa illeſa ⁊ ſana reddantur. vel in ſanitate habita cōſeruetur.vū pro aliorum membroꝝ cuſtodia vulne-

rari ⁊ percuti nō refugiūt ſꝫ ſpōte fe offer̄t.Similiter debent facere principes pro ſalute ſuorum ſubditorum: ⁊ maxime pro ſalute ſpirituali: Iohan. x. Bonus paſtoranima ſuā ponit ꝓ ouibꝰ ſuis ¶ Quintoqꝛ brachia ſūt cordi valde cōformia. Nā ꝑquaſdā arterias ab ip̄o corde ſpūm ⁊ pulſū recipiūt. Et ideo ſtatū ipſius cordis lucidū nobis ꝓdūt. Cordi autē qd̓ eſt membrū cōmune ex quo ꝓcedit vita omniū mēbrorum aſſimilat̉ reſpublica ſiue cōmuniabona: ex cuius ꝓſperitate pēdet ſalus omniū ſingulariū ꝑſonarū. Huic igit̉ debentſe pͥncipes totaliter cōformare: ab ip̄o pēdet ſpūs ⁊ pulſus eiꝰ .i. vigor ſpiritualis ⁊corporalis. vn̄ eius ſtatū qn̄ defectiuꝰ eſſetdebet brachiū .i. pͥnceps ipſe ꝓdere medicis .i. ſapientibꝰ cōſiliarijs vt reꝑaret̉. tāta etiā dilectiōe ſūt brachia cordi coniūctaẜm Galienū ꝙ hͦ habēt inter oīa mēbra ꝓpriū: vt qd̓ cor diligit ⁊ amat: brachia diligunt ⁊ in eius amplexū volūtarie ſe extendūt. qd̓ enī a corde diligi ſentiūt: quāto viciniꝰ poſſunt cordi aſtringūt intātū vt totū dilectū amātis cordi imprimerēt ſi valerent. Sic etiā bōi pͥncipes illos p̄cipue diligūt et amplectunt̉ quos vidēt cordis: ideſt reipublice ⁊ boni cōis magis eſſe amicos ⁊ ꝓmotores. ⁊ ad hoc toto ſtudio tendunt vt oēs quātū pn̄t cordi aſtringant .i.ad amorē reipublice trahāt. ¶ Sexto quiabrachia quādoqꝫ ſūt mortꝭ indicatiuā. Nāſicut habet in ꝓnoſticis: denudatio brachiorū ⁊ inquietatio eoꝝ in acutis eſt mortiferū ſignū. Similiter ſi pͥncipes et rectores ſunt interius denudati virtutibꝰ ⁊ inquieti exteriꝰ pacem ſubditorum deſtruentes: ſignū eſt in republica mortis ⁊ ruine:Prouer. xxviij. Regnātibꝰ īpijs ruine hominum. ¶ Capitulū: LVIIIc327Otur anīa admodū corporis triplicit̓. Eſt eniꝫpotꝰ īanis medicinal̓ ⁊ nutrimētal̓. Namẜm Cōſtā. eſt aliqͥs potꝰ qͥ tm̄ eſt potꝰ vt aqua que .ſ. nō eſt ꝑ ſe corꝑis nutritiua. Ethuic aſſimilatur curioſitas et vanitas ſciētie ſecularis qua pon nutritur anima ī ſpūvel deuotione ¶ Item eſt potus qui ē potus et cibus vt vinum: quod ẜꝫ Conſtan.per omnes partes corporis portat cibumnutriens et calefaciens ſpiritum: et confor